Crispian Chan is an Australian-born actor and photographer, raised in Perth and based in Singapore. He trained at Curtin University and LASALLE College of the Arts, and holds a Master of Arts in Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship from the National University of Singapore.
Over more than two decades, his performance career has spanned Australia and Singapore, with theatre credits including Black Swan Theatre Company, Barking Gecko Theatre Company, Wild Rice, Pangdemonium, Teater Ekamatra and Belgium’s Ontroerend Goed. He received the WA Actors Equity Award for Best Newcomer for his performance in A Man with Five Children. His screen work includes Boo Junfeng’s Apprentice, which premiered at Cannes, as well as Marco Polo for Netflix and HBO Asia’s SENT.
As a photographer, Crispian has extensively documented Singapore’s theatre and dance scene, including work by Checkpoint Theatre, The Necessary Stage, T.H.E Dance Company and Frontier Danceland. His photography also captures visiting international artists and companies, including Kitt Johnson, Paris Opera Ballet, The Royal Ballet and Dresden’s Semperoper Ballett.
Crispian is the host and co-reporter of Unravel: Firebomb, an ABC podcast investigating the racist attacks that targeted Perth’s Chinese community in 1988, including his family’s business. Combining personal history with investigative reporting, the series won the True Crime category at the 2024 Australian Podcast Awards.
